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What IKEA's terms say

F privacy grade · ikea.com · Shopping

IKEA's terms of service and privacy policy have 70 rated points: 3 serious, 28 bad, 30 worth knowing and 9 good. 55 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 15 only once you have an account.

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Signed in or not

Whenever you use IKEA

Serious 1

  • Your personal data is used for automated decision-making, profiling or AI training

Bad 24

  • Location data may be collected, used and/or shared

    This service may collect, use, and share location data

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  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world

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  • You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting

    You are tracked via web beacons, tracking pixels and device fingerprinting

    Where it says this ↗
  • Referring and/or exit pages are tracked

    This service tracks which web page referred you to it

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  • Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to you

  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage

    Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent to changes of terms merely from your usage.

  • This service shares your personal data with third parties that are not essential to its operation

  • This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information

  • No guarantee is made regarding the correction of software errors

    The service does not guarantee that software errors will be corrected

  • The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is less friendly to user privacy protection

    The court of law governing the terms is in a jurisdiction that is less friendly to user privacy protection.

  • You may be tracked on other websites

    This service tracks you on other websites

  • You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels

  • This service receives your precise location through GPS coordinates

  • Your profile is combined across various products

  • Information is gathered about you through third parties

  • Third-party cookies are used for statistics

  • Your biometric data is collected

  • Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes

  • Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising

  • Third-party cookies are used for advertising

  • Your personal data may be sold or otherwise transferred as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction

  • Your personal data may be sold unless you opt out

    Your Personal data may be sold unless you opt out

  • Many different types of personal data are collected

  • Your personal data may be disclosed to comply with government requests without notice to you

Worth knowing 23

  • This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation

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  • Invalidity of any portion of the Terms of Service does not entail invalidity of its remainder

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  • The court of law governing the terms is in location X

    The court of law governing the terms is in Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

  • You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes

  • Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed

  • Third parties are involved in operating the service

  • No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided

    The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided

  • You agree to indemnify and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

  • This service does not guarantee that it or the products obtained through it meet your expectations or requirements

  • No warranty is made regarding an uninterrupted, timely, secure and/or error-free experience

    The service provider makes no warranty regarding uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free service

  • No guarantee is given regarding quality

  • This service cannot be held responsible for disputes that you may have with other users

  • This service does not condone any ideas contained in its user-generated contents

  • This service informs you that its Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services

    The service informs you that its privacy policy does not apply to third party websites

  • This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third-party services

    This service informs you that its Terms of Service does not apply to third party websites

  • The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk

  • You are responsible for any risks, damages, or losses that may incur by downloading materials

  • Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location

  • Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics

    Your personal data is aggregated into statistics

  • [DEPRECATED] The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

    The service is not responsible for linked or (clearly) quoted content from third-party content providers

  • The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs

  • You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the service harmless in case of a claim related to your use of the service

  • Failure to enforce any provision of the Terms of Service does not constitute a waiver of such provision

Good 7

  • If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner

  • A free help desk is provided

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is collected

    Information is provided about how they collect personal data

  • Information is provided about how your personal data is used

  • The service claims to be CCPA compliant for California users

  • Information is provided about what kind of personal information is collected

    Information is provided about what kind of information they collect

  • You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data

With an account

If you have a IKEA account

Serious 2

  • You waive your moral rights

  • You aren’t allowed to remove or edit user-generated content

Bad 4

  • Your account can be deleted or permanently suspended without prior notice and without a reason

    Your account can be deleted without prior notice and without a reason

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  • Tracking pixels are used in service-to-user communication

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  • A license is kept on user-generated content even after you close your account

  • Your content can be licensed to third parties

Worth knowing 7

  • You agree not to submit libelous, harassing or threatening content

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  • You are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and for the activities on your account

  • You must report to the service any unauthorized use of your account or any breach of security

  • The posting of pornographic content is prohibited

  • You are prohibited from sending chain letters, junk mail, spam or any unsolicited messages

  • Your content can be deleted if you violate the terms

  • This service is only available to users over a certain age

    This service is only available to users over 18 years old

Good 2

  • You are informed about the risk of publishing personal info online

  • You can retrieve an archive of your data

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Ratings by ToS;DR volunteers; they can lag behind the current terms. Not legal advice.